56 Old Church Street

The Old Rectory is a grade II listed house in Old Church Street, Chelsea, London.

The current house mostly dates to about 1725, the early Georgian period, but the site itself was given by the Marquis of Winchester in 1566.

[2][4] From 1990 to 1994, it was refurbished under the supervision of the South African developers Collett and Champion (Anthony Collett and David Champion), with funding provided by the Japanese businessman, Norikazu Nemoto, with all three being directors of Toyoko Metropolitan Company (TMC).

[3][7] Two "huge wings" were added, with ten bedroom suites and a "massive ballroom".

[3] In February 1995, it sold for £22 million to Greek shipping magnate Theodore Angelopoulos, and was for many years London's largest and most expensive property sale in the UK.